Feeling Sad about AI
A programmer shares personal reflections on the emotional toll of AI's rapid advancement, specifically regarding the perceived devaluation of human programming skills. The author expresses sadness over the shift from programming as a craft to a commodity.
Why it matters
It captures the growing sentiment of professional displacement and existential anxiety among software developers in the age of generative AI.
This video doesn't contain any code: feel free to skip it if you like, but either way I'm going to try to keep it short, so see you on the other side :-).
Also, this video isn't about the ethics of AI - you can read how I feel about that in my article Why I don't use AI .
It's about how I'm feeling, and some reasons for why I'm feeling like that, and some hopefully hopeful conclusions.
AI has been making me sad for quite a while now. Really sad, out of proportion with how much AI has materially affected my life. Sad enough actually, that the sadness is the main effect that AI has had on my life, making it harder for me to deal with everyday life and be a good spouse, parent, friend, colleague.
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